Section Cor 305.21 - Religious Attire(a) Individuals on prison grounds wearing religious headwear shall allow an officer to perform a security screening of the individual and their headwear and/or facial covering as follows: (1) For routine security screening and identification purposes, a visitor shall be required to temporarily remove their religious headwear, including a facial covering, before being admitted into the visiting room;(2) The staff member assigned to complete this task shall be of the same gender as the visitor; (3) A resident shall notify staff that a visitor wearing religious headwear or a facial covering shall be arriving to visit with them at least 48 hours prior to the visiting time to allow staff to arrange for a staff member of the same gender to be present for the security screening; (4) The removal of the religious headwear or facial covering shall be completed in a private area to prevent the visitor from being seen by other visitors and staff when he or she is removing his or her religious headwear or facial covering;(5) While the visitor is holding his or her headwear or facial covering, the staff member shall visually inspect the headwear and/or facial covering without touching the items;(6) If no contraband or suspected contraband is detected by the staff member, the visitor shall be permitted to place their religious headwear or facial covering back on their person and return to the visitor processing area;(7) The visitor shall complete the security screening process before entering the visiting room, which shall include one or more security screenings and inspections that might incorporate the use of electronic devices, visual searches, pat searches, or search by canine;(8) The visitor shall be allowed to wear his or her religious headwear to include facial coverings in the visiting room after successfully completing the visitor screening and identification process;(9) If the staff believe it is necessary for security reasons to verify the identity of the visitor wearing religious headwear or a facial covering before the visitor departs from the institution, staff shall follow the same procedure outlined in Cor 305.18;(10) In the event that the assigned staff member observes contraband or suspected contraband during their visual inspection of the visitor's religious headwear or facial covering, the staff member shall take possession of the contraband or suspected contraband item(s) and immediately notify the shift commander;(11) The visitor shall remain in the private area, under direct supervision, in the location of the visual inspection, while NHDOC records and processes the contraband. The action taken by the NHDOC staff shall include inter alia, seeking assistance from state or local law enforcement, contacting NHDOC investigations unit or the visitor is allowed to leave NHDOC property and face debarment as described within Cor 305.25. Action taken by NHDOC staff shall be executed in accordance with Cor 304, Cor 306.01, Cor 306.03 as well as NHDOC PPD 357 and PPD 358.(12) The shift commander shall notify the warden, director, or designee whenever contraband or suspected contraband is detected in the possession of a visitor attempting to enter the prison facility. N.H. Admin. Code § Cor 305.21
Derived from Volume XLI Number 6, Filed February 11, 2021, Proposed by #13154, Effective 1/5/2021, Expires 1/5/2031.